These talks will be self-contained presentations of mathematical concepts
and theorems. They are intended to be accessible to all mathematics
students. Coffee, tea and drinks will be provided.
Tuesday 16th October, 2001
1:00 pm, Science Lecture Theatre S14
N is a number: a portrait of Paul Erdos
Dr Burkard Polster
School of Mathematical Sciences
Monash University
"A wandering genius, Erdos ... spent his life engaged in a cosmic struggle to uncover truths hidden by a stubborn adversary - God"
Come see this documentary on one of the great mathematicians and great
eccentrics of the Twentieth Century. The documentary is by G.P.
Csisery, and your host projectionist is Burkard Polster